diff --git a/contrib/libedit/chartype.h b/contrib/libedit/chartype.h
index 4cdd981df14f..3eda7da07296 100644
--- a/contrib/libedit/chartype.h
+++ b/contrib/libedit/chartype.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ libedit_private size_t ct_enc_width(wchar_t);
 /* The terminal is thought of in terms of X columns by Y lines. In the cases
  * where a wide character takes up more than one column, the adjacent
  * occupied column entries will contain this faux character. */
-#define MB_FILL_CHAR ((wchar_t)-1)
+#define MB_FILL_CHAR ((wint_t)-1)
 
 /* Visual width of character c, taking into account ^? , \0177 and \U+nnnnn
  * style visual expansions. */
diff --git a/contrib/libedit/terminal.c b/contrib/libedit/terminal.c
index c0b9bda67c55..34f4985a90bc 100644
--- a/contrib/libedit/terminal.c
+++ b/contrib/libedit/terminal.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ terminal__putc(EditLine *el, wint_t c)
 {
 	char buf[MB_LEN_MAX +1];
 	ssize_t i;
-	if (c == (wint_t)MB_FILL_CHAR)
+	if (c == MB_FILL_CHAR)
 		return 0;
 	if (c & EL_LITERAL)
 		return fputs(literal_get(el, c), el->el_outfile);